Herodian's life is almost unknown to us, but we can reconstruct several elements of it from his History of the Roman Empire since Marcus Aurelius, which is a lively and accessible book that might also have been titled Crises in Rome, as it describes the Year of Five Emperors (193) and the Year of Six Emperors (238).

Herodian's life is almost unknown to us, but we can reconstruct several elements of it from his History of the Roman Empire since Marcus Aurelius, which is a lively and accessible book that might also have been titled Crises in Rome, as it describes the Year of Five Emperors (193) and the Year of Six Emperors (238).